Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 68
Hu Zongxian is the kind of person who doesn't change his face when the mountain collapses in front of him.Now, after hearing what He Liu said, he became anxious.

"Send the dirty silver to the capital, and then wait for the emperor's approval to transport it back to the south of the Yangtze River? Sixth, it takes one month to go to the canal. It takes two months to go back and forth! Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou have been in the army for three or five days. I can't wait any longer! The military pay can be delayed, and their brothers are all loyal men who can understand the difficulties of the court. But if the military supplies and food are cut off, the brothers will have to fight the Japanese pirates on an empty stomach! It will be a big event !"

He Liu knew that Hu Zongxian, the governor of Zhejiang Province, was in a thousand difficulties.He asked Hu Zongxian: "Hu Butang, what do you mean?"

Hu Zongxian said: "Dirty silver will be postponed for 20 days. You first transfer me 70 taels from the dirty silver—to be cashed in cash. At the same time, I will write a memorial to the emperor and ask for his permission to transfer 70 taels from the dirty silver." To the Qi family army and Yu family army. The emperor is the most wise monarch in the past and present, and he will definitely grant it. At that time, you will transport the remaining 210 million taels of silver to the capital."

Old Hu interjected next to him: "Hu Butang, I don't know if I should say something or not."

Hu Zongxian said: "Please tell me."

Old Hu said: "In this way, we, Mr. He, will have to take a huge risk with you! Regardless of whether the emperor approves your memorial, we, Mr. He, will violate the family rules of the Jinyiwei - not transporting the dirty money to the capital in time. .If the emperor rejects your memorial and Mr. He gives you 70 taels of silver without his will, he will be guilty of deceiving the emperor! He will be executed!"

Hu Zongxian sighed: "Yes. If the sixth child does this for me, he will indeed take a huge risk. But the [-] sons of Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun are rolling in blood. Now I have only one way to save their lives! In other words, the lives of the [-] sons of the Qi and Yu armies are all tied to the thought of your He Liuhe hundred households!"

Hu Zongxian walked up to He Liu, and said again: "Lao Liu, on behalf of Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun's [-] sons, I beg you on my knees!"

Hu Zongxian, governor of Zhejiang and Nanzhili provinces in terms of military and civil affairs, is a powerful official in frontiers.No matter how prominent Jin Yiwei's status was, He Liu was only a member of a sixth rank and a hundred households.How could he bear such a big gift from Hu Zongxian?What's more, Hu Zongxian is not a corrupt official, he is the pillar of the country recognized by the ruling and opposition parties!
He Liu hurriedly helped Hu Zongxian: "Hu Butang, please get up quickly. The southeast anti-Japanese war is a major military and national event. For the sake of Qi Jiajun and Yu Jiajun's brothers and sisters, I am willing to take risks! Compared with the major event of fighting Japanese Japanese, my personal honor and disgrace What do gains and losses matter? Among Jinyiwei, most of them are rough people. We rough people often say a word: the head is big, but the scar is the size of a bowl. If my head, He Liu, can be exchanged for General Qi and General Yu in the front Playing the triumphant song is worth it!"

Hu Zongxian stared at He Liu: "Lao Liu, I didn't expect you to be such a loyal and righteous man!"

He Liudao: "In this way, you immediately send the soldiers of the governor's mansion to the Wu mansion to move 70 taels of cash. At the same time, you hurry up and submit a memorial, requesting the emperor's permission to use part of Wu Liangyong's dirty silver to buy military supplies."

Hu Zongxian said: "It's not too late, then I'll do it right away."

Hu Zongxian left in a hurry.

Old Hu sighed: "Alas, with a few beautiful words from Hu Butang, your head will hang off He Liu's neck!"

He Liudao: "Hu Zongxian is a good official, I should help him. I can't be like a miser, guarding nearly 300 million taels of silver, and watching the [-] sons of Qi's and Yu's troops starving and freezing at the front."

Old Hu said: "The departure will be postponed for 20 days, have you thought of a reason to prevaricate Commander Lu?"

He Liudao: "I came out of Beijing to accept the imperial order. I am both a member of Jinyiwei and an imperial envoy. Now I have to write a note to the cabinet and another letter to Commander Lu. In the note to the cabinet, Let’s just say that it’s freezing cold, and the Yangzhou section of the canal is frozen. It will take 20 days. You don’t have to hide the letter to Commander Lu, just tell the truth. I know Commander Lu’s character. He also admires those who fight to the death for the court The soldiers in front of him. He will understand."

Old Hu smiled and said: "The Yangzhou section of the canal is frozen... Lao Liu, I'm afraid even ghosts can't fool you with your reasoning. Although it is winter in the capital, Jiangnan is a place like spring all the year round-ah, I just hope that Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xiao Ge in the cabinet will not pick on you!"

########Five days later, in the capital, Yuwang Mansion.

King Yu, Xu Jie, and Gao Gong were sitting around the stove, lecturing scriptures and Taoism.

Zhang Juzheng walked in excitedly: "My lord, there is good news!"

King Yu smiled wryly: "There is very little good news about the current court situation. Tell me, what's the matter?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "He Liu of Jinyiwei is really a capable person! He spent nine days in the south of the Yangtze River and dug out all the dirty silver of Wu Liangyong, the former Lianghuai salt transport envoy!"

Gao Gong said: "Did it take nine days to copy the house? Then He Liu is not capable, but an idiot. It took nine days to copy a house."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Gao Butang, do you know how much dirty silver He Liu spent nine days copying out?"

Gao Gong asked: "At most 10 taels. He Wu Liangyong is a fourth-rank official, how much can he scrape? If he gets ten taels, he still has to give out five taels to honor Yan Song and his son, and take out one or two taels. Block the mouths of his subordinate officials..."

Zhang Juzheng smiled: "How many 10 taels? Gao Butang, how many 10 taels is just a fraction! He Liu copied a total of 280 million taels of dirty silver!"

Both Xu Jie and Gao Gong's eyes lit up.Gao Gong said: "The more than 1000 million taels of silver seized from Ding Wang have all entered the internal transport warehouse. It is impossible to ask the emperor to take it out. Now Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou are fighting the Japanese pirates in the southeast, and there is no supply of military supplies. Beizhi The slave victims are waiting to be fed...everywhere they need to use silver, and the treasury is empty—the only way to make a decision is from Wu Liangyong's 280 million taels of dirty silver!"

Xu Jie answered: "The emperor sent Yan Maoqing to the south to inspect the salt. As soon as Yan Maoqing arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he called the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River to donate money to the victims of the disaster in Beizhili. 60 taels have been raised and sent to Beizhili. Beizhi's urgent need It has been solved. If the 280 million taels of silver are turned over to the treasury, Su Qing (Gao Gong), you, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, can live a life without worry for a month or two!"

Gao Gong sneered: "Yan Maoqing raised 60 taels of silver to help the victims? Oh, I heard that Yan Maoqing, the imperial envoy who went south to patrol the salt, sent a total of three silver boats in the south of the Yangtze River. One boat went to Beizhili, One boat went to Jiangxi Fenyi, Yan Ge's hometown, and the other boat went to Yan Maoqing's hometown, Jiangxi Fengcheng!"

King Yu waved his hand: "Suqing, don't talk nonsense about these words without evidence."

Zhang Juzheng said: "My lord, the governor of Zhezhi has handed over a memorial to the emperor, requesting that 70 taels of Wu Liangyong's dirty silver be withheld to be used as military supplies for the Qi and Yu troops."

(End of this chapter)